Universal moving forward with Alloy’s Sweep

From DHD – Alloy Entertainment continues to corner the market on teen angst: the feature adaptation of Cate Tiernan’s young adult fantasy series (Sweep, from Alloy Entertainment books) moved forward today, with Universal hiring Robert Nelson Jacobs (Chocolat, The Water Horse)  to write the feature adaptation. Vince Vaughn’s Wild West Picture Show banner is producing with Alloy Entertainment.

The Sweep series follows Morgan, a 16-year old who learns she’s a blood witch, descended from an ancient, powerful line.

That’s a talented screenwriter they’ve nabbed – could this be the Twilight clone that stands out from the crowd?

Book Jacket:

Something is happening to me that I don’t understand. I see things, feel things in a new way.  I can do things that normal people can’t do. Powerful things. Magickal things. It scares me. I never choose to learn witchcraft. But I’m starting to wonder if witchcraft is choosing me.

Sixteen-year-old Morgan is not who she thought she was…

Something is happening to Morgan. She has discovered a power inside her that normal people don’t posses. A dark magickal power. And it scares her.

Her power is seductive. And it hasn’t gone unnoticed…